# Linden
## English
### Etymology

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden.
* As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen.
* As an English surname, variant of Lindon.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

### Proper noun

Linden
* An English surname from Old English, a variant of Lyndon.
* A Scottish surname, a variant of Linton.
* A surname from Dutch, a variant of Lynden.
* A surname from German, a variant of Lindner.
* A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.
* A town in Hesse, Germany.
* A town in Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
* A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
* A town in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
* A village in the Netherlands.
* A town in Switzerland.
* A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.
* A town in Guyana, the second-largest settlement in the country; named for Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 2nd President of Guyana.
* A village in New South Wales.
* A ghost town in Western Australia; named for nearby Mount Linden, itself named for a prospector in the area.
* A village in Alberta.
* A community of Nova Scotia.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A city, the county seat of Marengo County, Alabama; named for the Battle of Hohenlinden, in honor the Bonapartist refugees who were Marengo County's first European settlers.
** An unincorporated community in Arizona.
** A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
** An unincorporated community in Idaho; named for the community in Christian County, Missouri.
** A town in Indiana.
** A city in Iowa.
** A city in Michigan.
** An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
** An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri; named for the linden trees in the area.
** An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri; named for the town in Tennessee.
** A city in Union County, New Jersey; named for linden trees brought to the area from Germany.
** A town in North Carolina.
** A neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
** A town, the county seat of Perry County, Tennessee; named for "Hohenlinden", a poem by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell.
** A city, the county seat of Cass County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community in Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Wise County, West Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia; named for Confederate officer Charles Linden Broadus.
** A town and village in Wisconsin.

#### Derived terms

* Lake Linden

### Anagrams

* dinnle, linned

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Liende (dialect form)

### Etymology

First attested as lynen in 1400. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of linde (“linden, Tilia sp.”) or from a hydronym. Compare Lienden, Lijnden, Linne and Linschoten.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪn.də(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Lin‧den
* Rhymes: -ɪndən
* Homophone: linden

### Proper noun

Linden n
* A village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

#### Derived terms

* Lindenaar
* Lindens

### References

* van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Linden
* plural of Linde

### Proper noun

Linden n (proper noun, genitive Lindens or (optionally with an article) Linden)
* A town in Gießen district, Hesse, Germany
* A municipality of Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
* A municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
* A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany